received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
87%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
3%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
7%
were starting a new business (4)
5%
postponed their job search
9%
did not seek employment for other reasons
n/a
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
n/a
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
n/a
(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
Firm
Graduates Hired
1. Citibank, N.A.
1
2. DBS Bank
1
3. Dell Computer Asia
1
4. Eastman Chemical
1
5. Honeywell Pte Ltd
1
6. Infineon Technologies
1
7. International Enterprise Singapore
2
8. KPMG Tax Services Pte Ltd
1
9. Mercer H R Consulting
1
10. Mobile One Ltd
1
11. Pacific Internet Ltd
1
12. Schlumberger
1
13. SIA
1
14. Singapore Press Holdings
1
15. The Boston Consulting Group
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$33,900
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$30,233
Average first-year signing bonus
n/a
Median first-year signing bonus
n/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
n/a
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
12%
Finance/Accounting
37%
General Management
n/a
Human Resources
n/a
Marketing/Sales
36%
Management Information Systems
n/a
Operations/Logistics
10%
Other
5%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
n/a
Asia
96%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
n/a
Latin America and the Carribean
n/a
Middle East
n/a
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
n/a
Oceania
n/a
Western Europe
4%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
n/a
Midwest U.S.
n/a
Northeast U.S.
n/a
South U.S.
n/a
Southwest U.S.
n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories
n/a
West U.S.
n/a
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. ACE Insurance
1
2. Adisseo Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
1
3. Batey Pte Ltd
1
4. Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc.
3
5. Cisco Systems (USA) Pte Ltd
1
6. Citibank, N.A.
1
7. Eaton Consulting Group
1
8. Federal Insurance Company
1
9. FedEx Express (S) Pte Ltd
1
10. Hewlett-Packard
1
11. Hydroball Technics (SEA) Pte Ltd
1
12. Nestle Singapore (Pte) Ltd
1
13. Synergix Technologies Pte Ltd
1
14. Times Educational Services Pte Ltd
1
15. Pannell Kerr Forster
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
100%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$304
Median internship compensation (per week)
$289
Average internship length (weeks)
11
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $2,260,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has a standardized desktop environment for every student & staff, enabling them to access content and information in a homogenous manner in the campus. Network drives are given to all staff & students so that they can access their files from any computer without the need of carrying diskettes. Terminal services enable students & staff to access the applications across the network conveniently.
The school revamped and improved its Web sites.
Working aggressively on e-learning over the last few years. 86% undergraduate courses and more than 68% MBA courses are already online. Extensive tools including the use of discussion boards, online assessment and tests, posting of videos of lectures online and so on are deployed to supplement classroom teaching.
Improved the infrastructure to improve availability and performance of our IT services. Clustering, Load Balancing with Storage Area Networks with Lan-Less backups were implemented recently to improve the availability and reliability of our online services.
The University has also implemented extensive wireless network within the campus to allow students to access course content, applications and information with their laptop computers easily.
Students have cashless, self-served printing kiosks to meet their printing needs.
Upgrade computing and teaching facilities. New U-shaped seminar rooms fitted with latest technologies. More computer laboratories for graduate students. Computers are upgraded regularly to ensure that they are relevant to the students.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 1,532 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 1,531 living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $2,039,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Yew Tung Boey
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